Jennifer Hudson is a SMASH for NBC

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 Fans of NBC’s Smash will see  former American Idol alum and Oscar and Grammy winner  Jennifer Hudson when the musical/drama returns to the network for its second season. Hudson will appear in a multi-episode arc as award winning Broadway star Veronica Moore. She will be joining a show that stars Debra Messing, Megan Hilty, and Katharine McPhee, who of course was an American Idol competitor as well.

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Smash is expected to return early next year to NBC as a midseason replacement and Hudson will make her debut in the season 2 premiere, as a character that will impact McPhee’s Karen Cartwright and Hilty’s Ivy Lynn.

Smash featured plenty of guest stars last year (Uma Thurman, Nick Jonas)  but did let go several of their series regulars for the upcoming seaason, including Jamie Cepero (Ellis), Raza Jaffery (Dev), Will Chase (Michael), with Brian D’Arcy only returning for a limited role to close of his story thread.